Hear are six things to keep in mind ahead of tonight’s game in Syracuse:

2012 Calder Cup champions Norfolk Admirals relocated to Syracuse during the offseason; this is their first meeting with the Marlies

Crunch netminder Riku Helenius was just named the CCM/AHL Player of the Week having recorded three wins with two shutouts along the way

Syracuse has most recently won four straight and sit first in the Eastern Conference

Marlies netminder Drew MacIntyre has allowed only two regulation goals in his two starts for the Marlies

Jake Gardiner leads his team with nine shots over the last three games

Tune into the game starting at 7:00pm on TSN 1050 and AHL Live

As always, catch me on twitter (@chansler) for lineup news and notes ahead of the game.

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3:50pm:

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4:07pm:

Jamie Devane will re-enter the lineup in exchange of first-year centre Greg McKegg. After two straight starts from Drew MacIntyre, the recent veteran signee will step aside to let Mark Owuya take the starting job against Syracuse.